A History of New York

by François Weil

Book Overview

New York is not America, François Weil writes, "but what America promises, perhaps its greatest promise." It may be hard to believe, then, that the quintessential symbol of American enterprise and energy was once quite low in the political and social hierarchy. Weil takes on the New York of myth and offers a compelling chronicle of how it actually developed into a global city--what some have called the capital of the twenty-first century. He shows...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0231129351
• ISBN13: 9780231129350
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.0" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher